The 9pm Capitalist Supply Chain of Medical Problems with tropical cyclone avoider Dr Trent Yarwood

Tropical Cyclone Jasper is swirling off the Queensland coast, but a number of factors are making its path hard to predict. (Image: ABC News/earth.nullschool) Inset: Dr Trent Yarwood pictured while pretending to be at work. (Photo: Brisbane Times. Digital processing: Stilgherrian)

As Australia faces another “covid wave” before Christmas — at least if you believe the scary news reports — and with the dirty, dirty holiday season coming up, I thought the summer series should kick off with infectious disease physician Dr Trent Yarwood. And so it does.

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The 9pm Frog and Covid with Upulie Divisekera

Upulie Divisekera
Upulie Divisekera and a science machine. (Photo: Nathan Fulton / Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade used under a Creative Commons CC BY 2.0 license)

The spring series continues with two brand new species of frog and some reflections on COVID-19 with special guest Upulie Divisekera, science communicator and woman of much intelligence and smarts.

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The 9pm Death by Woke Mind Virus Superbugs with Dr Trent Yarwood

Dr Trent Yarwood pictured with a variety of potential sources of infection, unless they’ve been washed recently. (Photo: Brisbane Times. Digital processing: Stilgherrian)

In the news this week we’ve been reminded that so-called “superbugs” are going to kill millions of us, so I thought we should talk once more with infectious disease physician Dr Trent Yarwood.

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